I’ve made burpcloths for years – such a cute baby gift, and so easy. Recently I’ve changed my style to the frayed edge – it’s a trendy look, but I like it. You can probably figure out how to make these on your own, but here’s a quick tutorial on how to make a frayed edge burpcloth.
You’ll need:
2 pieces of fabric (I use baby flannel) size 9 inches by 18 inches
Sewing Equipment
If you want a monogram or other decoration, sew that on first. Mongorams are cute and can be easily done without an embroidery machine – just use iron-on heat-n-bond, cut out a letter, fuse it to your fabric, then zigzag tight around the egde.
To assemble the burpcloth, first stack your material with WRONG SIDES TOGETHER – this goes against what you know about sewing! (Usually it’s always right sides together)
Now, if you want extra shape, you can do this next step – it you want to keep it sqauare, skip this step. With the stack of 2 pieces, fold in half and cut like picture – come in towards the fold and round the corners near the raw edge.
Open back up and sew together along edge with a generous 5/8 inch seam as shown:
Then grab your scissors and cut perpendicular to your stitch line. Make cuts about 1/4 to 1/2 in apart (I just eyeball it). Be sure not to cut where you sewed. This is the most time-consuming part of this whole project, and once you get going it doesn’t take that long.
Then throw it in the wash and do a rinse cycle and then dry it in the dryer. This will rough up the edges. And voila, done – you can wow the mother-to-be with your amazing skills.
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Diane says
OMGosh, I love the frayed look. I need to make these for my new grandbaby. Thanks for the tut.
Megan @ Meanwhile... says
Very cute. I just made my little guy a frayed bib, just for kicks, and love how easy it is to just sew up the flannel and snip. If I was going to do much I’d get the special scissors, though, it’s a bit hard on my hands.
PACountry says
Very nice! I have some flannel fabric I am saving and I just can’t make up my mind what to do with it!!!
Kaysi says
Super cute!!! I love the frayed edges!
casserole says
Love the frayed look for the edges!! I linked to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing:
https://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-frayed-edge-burp-cloth/2010/06/07/
–Anne
Pati @ A Crafty Escape says
I really like these!
Theresa C. Eldridge says
these are adorable! Gonna make a bunch for my soon to be born baby niece Ailie (I-lee) Mae!!!! Thank you for sharing!!
Misty says
Love that giraffe fabric….way too cute!! Thanks for linking @Creative Itch’s “Sew Cute Tuesday”!
Mama E says
Super cute! I just made a bunch of burp cloths…wish I had seen this earlier. Stopping by from Hoo’s Got Talent.
-Mama E
http://www.homeandheartsblog.com
Leslie says
How darling! I love the fabric you used! I also love burp clothes and cute handmade baby gifts! Thanks so much for linking up to Hoo’s got talent!
Audra Lynn says
I have made rag quilts, and I’ve never thought to do burp cloths this way. Thanks for the wonderful idea!
Jennifer says
too cute!
Meg says
Very nice! Love the fabric choice!
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MommaMindy says
OOHH! I am going to copycat you! These are adorable. I used to trim mine with eyelet, when I could get it 3 yards for $1. Then, I changed to a simple rounded pattern, no trim. I am ready to jump on the fringe bandwagon. Thank you for sharing your wonderful idea. I can hardly wait until someone has a baby!
[email protected] says
How adorable! When my friend decides to have another baby, I’m definitely copying these!
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brandi @ tales of a domestic goddess says
cute! thanks for the tutorial!
Crafty Girl says
Very cute. I love giving handmade items to new moms. They always end up being treasured items 🙂
The Girl Creative says
I just made 2 of these yesterday. I made one rectangle and then I rounded the corners of the other one. Love how they came out. I used minky for one side and flannel for the other. 🙂
Jodi Gallagher says
So cute! Thanks for sharing! I posted this on my blog! http://www.craftingiscontagious.blogspot.com
Julie Renee Holland says
So very cute! I usually use colored prefolds but I really like these frayed burp cloths.